# sma
## Translingual
### Symbol

sma
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Sámi.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Southern Sami terms

## English
### Phrase

sma
* Initialism of suck my ass.

### Anagrams

* 'ams, Mas, mas, MSA, Sam., -mas, ASM, AMS, sam, M.A.S., MAs, M.A.s, Sam, M. A. S., S. Am., MAS, A.M.s, SAM, asm

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo sma (“person, human being”), specifically from youth slang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /smaː/
* Hyphenation: sma
* Rhymes: -aː

### Noun

sma f (plural sma's, diminutive smatje n)
* (Netherlands, slang) woman, girl
* (Netherlands, slang) darling, babe

## Indonesian
### Noun

sma
* (chemistry) Abbreviation of satuan massa atom (“atomic mass unit”).

## Sranan Tongo
### Alternative forms

* suma

### Etymology

Contraction of suma, likely from English someone

### Noun

sma
* person, human being
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:a lobbi va trobbi somma[A lobi fu trobi sma]He loves to pester people.
** 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’[Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’
* Together with the article a (“the”), used to refer to a specific but unnamed person.
    Mi tyant a sma kfâlek ma a no wani gi en kari gi mi.I'm hitting on him/her like mad but he/she doesn't want to give me their phone number.
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:da somma no sabi va lo[A sma no sabi fu lo]That guy doesn't know how to row.
** 1985, Paul Marlee, Proefkonijn‎, Paramaribo: Uitgeverij De Volksboekwinkel, →ISBN, page 99:‘Blub, hik, sorry man, ei Arnie, pe y' ben de yongu, m' e suk' i no moer man; pe a meid Sastro de man, mi lob' a sma, yongu, wan f' den kel go vandoor nang' a sma k'ba natuurlijk. (...)’'Glub, hiccup, sorry, man, hey Arnie, where have you been, man, I've been looking all over for you; where's that girl Sastro, man, I love that girl, man, one of the guys already went off with her, obviously. (...)'
** 1991, Michaël Slory, “Kroboi. a paskanyanyan (Leonardo da Vinci) [Farewell. The Passover supper (Leonardo da Vinci)]”, in Ik zal zingen om de zon te laten opkomen [I will sing to make the sun rise]‎, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 130:A sma di / dini tafra / a dei dati / ben sa de koloku, / Leonardo da Vinci, / mi pikinboitenwondru.He who / waited upon the table / that day / will have been happy, / Leonardo da Vinci, / wonder of my boyhood days.

#### Derived terms

* bigisma
* kerkisma
* libisma

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: sma